English > vermifuge: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms. |
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| Synonyms | anthelmintic, anthelminthic, helminthic |
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| Narrower | gentian violet, crystal violet | A green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment |
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| mebendazole | An anthelmintic used to treat hookworm and pinworm and roundworm infestations |
| piperazine | vermifuge used to treat infestations by roundworms or pinworms |
| quinacrine, quinacrine hydrochloride, mepacrine, Atabrine | A drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria |
| tetrachlorethylene, tetrachloroethylene, ethylene tetrachloride, carbon dichloride | anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes |
| thiabendazole | An antifungal agent and anthelmintic |
| Broader | medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
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| Spanish | antihelmíntico, vermífugo |
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| Catalan | antihelmíntic, vermífug |
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